First Nevada Ghost town hunt!!

[Carson Coin Master]

[size=13pt]so here's the loot. OK to some of the veterans on here they might find this odd. i have lived in northern Nevada my whole life and have been detecting almost 3 years now, and this is the first time i have ever headed out to an old ghost town. Well reasons being most of them are either next to impossible to find or really difficult to get to, for the terrain is not manageable for most vehicles. well i got a hold of a 4wd and headed to the old town of Como, NV which is about 13 miles N E of Dayton, NV Nevada's first gold discovery. The trail is not to bad but it is just a pain in the rear to get to. Anyway there is parts of the old stamp mill still intact about a 1/2 mile east of the town which i will be heading to next week. and all that is left of the town is a small part of the foundation of the church that once stood and one other stone building everything else is gone or destroyed from a fire last year in 2008. But there sure where a lot of old trash pits. I only covered about a 500 square foot area in the time I was up there. i had to stop for about 45 minutes because it started to rain on me. so there is definitely lots of area still to be covered. So here's what i found nothing really valuable but one item i am kicking myself for accidentally breaking with my trowel. An old Dyottville Glass Works bottle that i accidentally broke the top off mainly because i was not digging the bottle i was digging a signal next to it and hit it by mistake after doing some research on the bottle it turns out to be somewhere between 1860-1871 and in tact they are worth close to $1000 to bad i broke the darn thing. I think this little round thing is a musket ball but not sure i never saw one before and don't know what they look like. a bunch of square nails a percussion cap, the rocks on the left are what look to be arrowhead chippings and well you can see the rest. Believe it or not there was a lot of tin junk to sift through just to find this stuff. those miners where some messy folks. [/size]

 

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[tymcmurray]

Looks good.
Enjoy a few more! There has to be something there.

 

[spartacus53]

It seems that you haven't even begun to scratch the surface of that site. I am sure you will come across some coins on your next time out.

 

[Tank69]

nice finds an yes that is a lead ball or round ball

 

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[Mental Granny]

Those are some really cool finds I can't wait to see the tons of stuff your going to get out of there!

 

[lonewolfe]

Those square nails tell the whole story on the "age" of that area you're hunting

cool bottle even though not in tact :-(

HH and good luck

Lonewolfe

 

[njnydigger]

Hey Carson,


Yes, the small lead thing is a musketball. I found about 6 of them here in NJ. Everyone was stumped because they normally have a white patina to them. Mine look exactly like yours - no patina. Mine even have the flat section on one side. That is where the put the strue or tube when they were manufactured. Nice finds!!!

 

[Carson Coin Master]

thanks for the info on the musket ball i figured because of the era they where not using the musket balls anymore. i guess i was wrong. i am going to head back up there next week i found a really large flat spot in the middle of some trees that indicate there was a building there at one time, i am going to spend a lot of time out there for sure.

 

[allen]

cool lot of finds !!
definetily go back there soon !

 

[Carson Coin Master]

if anyone knows anything more about the age on that 12 guage round backing that would be helpful

 

[ecmjamsit]

Rocks!

Did the rocks set off the detector? Could be some nice ore if they did. Some really nice gold ore has been found here in Colorado with a metal detector.

Jim

 

[ecmjamsit]

http://www.remington.com/library/history/company_history.asp

here is quick info on UMC ..Union Metallic Cartridge Co.

 

[Deno]

Those are some cool finds. To bad about the bottle.

 

[Mackaydon]

Carson;
Are we talking about the same Como?

The one I remember was about 11 miles SE of Dayton, not 13 miles NE.

Before you leave, you may wish to first find a copy of Stanley Paher's well illustrated book, "Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps". On pages 72 and 73 are four photos; 2 showing the town as it was in 1902. Another pic shows the 5-stamp mill in the early 60s (now gone) located on the road to Como. Almost humorous is the fact that another large mill was built in the '30s, but (as the story goes) the mill was shut down just days later when it was determined there was no ore; a fact the promoters had 'overlooked'.
Don.....

 

[Carson Coin Master]

Re: Rocks!

Did the rocks set off the detector? Could be some nice ore if they did. Some really nice gold ore has been found here in Colorado with a metal detector.

Jim

no actually i spotted all those in a small little area they look like arrowhead chippings, i have found them before and they are very similar.

 

[Carson Coin Master]

Carson;
Are we talking about the same Como?

The one I remember was about 11 miles SE of Dayton, not 13 miles NE.

Before you leave, you may wish to first find a copy of Stanley Paher's well illustrated book, "Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps". On pages 72 and 73 are four photos; 2 showing the town as it was in 1902. Another pic shows the 5-stamp mill in the early 60s (now gone) located on the road to Como. Almost humorous is the fact that another large mill was built in the '30s, but (as the story goes) the mill was shut down just days later when it was determined there was no ore; a fact the promoters had 'overlooked'.
Don.....

Yep you are right my sense of direction is not that great i guess it is the same town. there is still parts of a mill about a 1/2 mile from the town. i will check on amazon for that book i have heard of it and i did find a prospecting store in the area that sells it but they wanted like $40 for the book. thanks for the info though i can't wait till next week and see what else is out there.

 

[Carson Coin Master]

i did some more research on that bottle. they only made that type of bottle for about 3 years so they are pretty rare i guess

 

[magoo30]

Interesting Finds!

 

[Mackaydon]

Here's one for sale at $32.50:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/us...s and Mining Camps&CNT=Stanley W. Paher&Itm=1